Re: ... replacement for 14.4 and C6.2 (interchange encodings)
Michel, Dmitry
On 2014 Jun 26, at 04:05, Michel Hack wrote:
> I decided to dial back;...
Not a British idiom! I assume it means something like "reduce the volume" rather than "return your phone call".
> the specification was getting way too complicated.
Yes, and therefore I like
"The standard does not define how this information is to be conveyed".
Dmitry, you don't make it clear whether your "We now consider media as a stream of octets..." is intended as a first attempt at text to be included in the standard. No, IMO; we haven't time to verify its details.
A proposed scheme of this kind should go on the 1788 web site, as help for implementers.
A few suggestions on Michel's text.
(1) "This encoding permits future refinement without disturbing the natural
propagation order of the decorations"
Delete "natural"; also in C6.2.
(2) "out of scope for 754-2008" -> "not specified 754-2008"
(3) "There is also the fact that ..." doesn't sound very standardese. How about
"The two distinct encodings of decimal formats in 754-2008, called BID and DPD, need to be distinguished."
Why not delete the whole sentence since, below,
"* For decimal formats, whether BID or DPD encoding is used."
says enough.
(4) "This standard takes the more lenient view ..." also not very standardese. Try
"This standard requires the parameters of the mapping to a stream of octets to be communicated ..."
Maybe add "merely" before "requires".
How standardese is "like-minded"? Try "similar"?
Dmitry, I look forward to your revised text. BTW I don't know if you have an English spell-checker; if so, it could save us a round of revision, valuable when time is short.
John